Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sharpsburg.
Our newspaper information for Sharpsburg is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharpsburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Sharpsburg. Our list contains 42 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sharpsburg.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sharpsburg.
Newspapers Neighboring Sharpsburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Sharpsburg.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sharpsburg.
- Published In McVeytown [Mifflin County] ...
- Mifflin County Democrat (from 1912)
- The McVeytown Journal (from 1873)
- Village Herald, And Farmers And Mechanics Register (from 1843)
- Village Herald (from 1844)
- Published In Belleville [Mifflin County] ...
- The County Observer (from 1978)
- Published In Newton Hamilton [Mifflin County] ...
- Flea-bite (from 1879)
- Newton News (from 1925)
- The Herald (from 1905)
- The Reasoner (from 1886)
- The Watchman (from 1880)
- Published In Huntingdon ...
- We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Huntingdon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Huntingdon
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sharpsburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Huntingdon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sharpsburg
- Published In Mount Union ...
- Mount Union Republican (from 1917)
- The County Bulletin (from 1898)
- The Herald (from 1874)
- The Mount Union News Successor To The Mount Union Republican (from 1918)
- The Twice a Week Republican (from 1903)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1874)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1875)
- Published In Alexandria ...
- Home News (from 189?)
- The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Home News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87080293
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15745986
- Our Church News (from 1888)
- The Mountain Messenger (from 1890)
- Published In Lewistown [Mifflin County] ...
- We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lewistown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lewistown
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Sharpsburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Lewistown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sharpsburg
- Published In Reedsville [Mifflin County] ...
- The County Observer (from 1982)
- Published In Shirleysburg ...
- Shirleysburg Herald (from 1855)
- Shirleysburg Herald (from 1966)
- The Herald (from 1858)
- The Weekly Herald (from 1876)
- Published In Milroy [Mifflin County] ...
- Civic Liberty (from 1902)
- The Milroy Herald (from 1890)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Sharpsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Huntingdon County: www.huntingdoncounty.net/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharpsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharpsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5204, Longitude: -77.8344 In this case, the coordinates for Sharpsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |